A University Dean Is Interested in Determining the Proportion of Students

question 48

Multiple Choice

A university dean is interested in determining the proportion of students who receive some sort of financialaid. Rather than examine the records for all students, the dean randomly selects 200 students and finds that 118of them are receiving financial aid. If the dean wanted to estimate the proportion of all students receivingfinancial aid to within 1% with 90% reliability, how many students would need to be sampled?

• A) 6546
• B) 1584
• C) 3980
• D) 66

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Definitions:

Brightness

The perception of how light or dark a color appears; a quality of visual experience that varies with lighting conditions.

Optic Nerve

The cranial nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain, playing a crucial role in the sense of sight.

Visual Information

Data that is perceived through sight, including shapes, colors, and movements.

Retina

The light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the inner eye, which converts light images into nerve signals sent to the brain.